The Pillars of Creation

Sword of Truth, Book 7

By: Terry Goodkind

Narrated by: Jim Bond

Length: 22 hrs and 19 mins

Publisher's summary

Tormented her entire life by inhuman voices, Jennsen seeks to end her intolerable agony. She at last discovers a way to silence the voices. For everyone else, the torment is about to begin.

Richard Rahl and his wife, Kahlan, have been reunited after their long separation, but with winter descending and the paralyzing dread of an army of annihilation occupying their homeland, they must venture deep into a strange and desolate land. Their quest turns to terror when they find themselves the helpless prey of a tireless hunter.

Exploited by those intent on domination, Jennsen finds herself drawn into the center of a violent struggle for conquest and revenge. Worse yet, she finds her will seized by dark forces more abhorrent than anything she ever envisioned. Only then does she come to realize that the voices were real.

Staggered by loss and increasingly isolated, Richard and Kahlan desperately struggle to survive. But if they are to live, they must stop the relentless, unearthly threat that comes out of the darkest night of the human soul. To do so, Richard will be called upon to face the demons stalking among the Pillars of Creation.

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©2001 Terry Goodkind (P)2001 Brilliance Audio

Awesome side tale

This was a cool take in the series. We meet new characters and grow to love and hate them. I enjoyed a tale that focuses on others but still holds true to the scheme and theme.

Great side story

This is a fantastic side story that weaves itself into the main plot of the series wonderfully. It was difficult to stop listening to this one.

Worth the listen but...

I love this series and I've read it all the way through twice. Listening to the audio books has been really interesting but not always in good ways. I realized that I tended to skim over Oba torturing animals and people, and Jensen whining! I never really liked her while I was reading the books and listening to the author read her, I think she's even more annoying than before. Not one of the best in the series, but it's worth reading.

Narrator is awful

It's like listening to a robot. There are no accents, inflections, or dramatic pacing. If I didn't live this series, I would have stopped 100 times. I suffered through this only to find that he narrates the next book too! I'm not happy.

great story

loved the story. couldn't stop till the end. I definitely suggest it to anyone that loves fantasy

Good series

I really like this series. this book does not focus enough on Richard. the series is worth the read.

The narrator drove me nuts!!

Besides the fact that this is the slowest book in the series, the narration made it worse. I'm disappointed to see that this same narrator will be narrating the next book. I'm continuing on in this series because I'm committed. I'm hoping the other books will be better than this.

Bond sucks

Love this series and characters, I even like the idea of following Richard's half brother and sister for this book. But with bond doing the reading I found myself looking at how much longer till it was over so I could start the next one only to be let down to see he (Bond) is reading the next aTWO books!!
Please, please PLEASE, NO MORE JIM BOND

tough listen.

Jim is so monotone it is hard to stay interested. even when things are intense he gives the same enthusiasm as when it is dry and slow. good story, very different from the other books in the series... but hard to listen to.

Amazing!

Slow start as it follows all new characters and spends much of the the book outside of the main story plot but what a finish! Well worth it and got me so excited for the next one!